Chapter 5: Case Law Research

How one opinion answers several questions at once — following citations color-coded by question through a four-case web.

A real Arizona Supreme Court opinion, Markowitz v. Arizona Parks Board, read for class and then for one research question at a time — with a citator flag you must test against the question you are holding.

What the signals mean and what they don't. Two mock reports in the Marsh universe: Prewitt, disapproved on one point and still good on another, and Marsh, clean today but a snapshot all the same. The chapter's rule, practiced: a signal is a reminder to read the citing opinions, not a verdict.

Build a defensible case set, tell holding from dictum, and decide whether a flagged case is still good law.